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Railroad workers say long shifts unsafe

November 2, 2015 Some BNSF Railway employees are sounding the alarm about what they say are unsafe working conditions as a result of long shifts that could lead to extreme fatigue while hauling hazardous materials. According to one BNSF employee who contacted the Pilot, the company has impose [...]

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Audit finds Montana railroad safety lacking

November 2, 2015 Montana’s oversight of railroad safety falls short at a time when volatile crude oil train traffic from the Bakken region, already high, is only expected to increase, a new audit found. Montana has no active rail safety plan and employs only two inspectors to cover the [...]

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Previsich, Wytkind: 'We want trains to be safer'

October 30, 2015 [As published By John Previsich And Edward Wytkind in The Modesto Bee] California has more museums dedicated to railroads than any other state in our country – and it’s easy to see why. From the transcontinental railroad to the developing high-speed rail system, rail transpor [...]

Tags AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, Amtrak, Edward Wytkind, John Previsich, safety, Transportation Trades Department, TTD

Senate passes PTC extension, confirms Feinberg as FRA administrator

October 29, 2015 The U.S. Senate yesterday passed a short-term surface transportation funding extension that includes a long-term extension of the positive train control (PTC) implementation deadline. The Senate’s action followed the House’s approval of the bill on Tuesday, and Pr [...]

Tags FRA, FRA Administrator Sarah Feinberg, positive train control, PTC, Sarah Feinberg, senate

National Apprenticeship Week

October 29, 2015 The Building Trades have scheduled events at local apprenticeship and training centers across the United States in order to increase the visibility and value given to Union apprenticeship education and training programs. Events will take place at locations featuring most of t [...]

Central Maine & Quebec Railway votes SMART

October 29, 2015 SMART Transportation Division Director of Organizing Rich Ross reports that non-operating employees of Central Maine & Quebec Railway (CMQ) located in Hermon, Maine, have voted in overwhelming favor of representation by the SMART Transportation Division. The National Medi [...]

Tags Central Maine & Quebec Railway, CMQ, Director of Organizing Rich Ross, Organizer Larry Grutzius, organizing

TTD, lawmakers collaborate on transportation policy

October 29, 2015 WASHINGTON — Transportation labor leaders — gathered today at the fall Executive Committee meeting of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) — met with key members of Congress to seek solutions to a woefully underfunded transportation system and to boost job crea [...]

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FRA's Feinberg clears Senate committee

October 29, 2015 President Obama’s choice to lead the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has been approved by the Senate committee that handles transportation issues. Obama’s nomination of Sarah Feinberg, who has been leading the FRA since January, for a full-time term atop th [...]

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Two-person crew amendment will not move forward

October 28, 2015 In a letter to state directors, National Legislative Director John Risch and Alternate National Legislative Director Greg Hynes report the following: “Unfortunately, a two-person crew amendment WILL NOT be offered to H.R. 3763, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization [...]

Tags Greg Hynes, H.R. 1763, H.R. 3763, John Risch, two-person crews

Class I railroads announce third quarter 2015 earnings

October 28, 2015 In a press release Oct. 14, 2015, CSX announced record financial results for the third quarter of 2015. Net earnings for the railroad came in at $507 million for the quarter, compared to the $509 million for the same period last year, which translates into a third quarter rec [...]

Tags CN, CP, CSX, earnings, KCS, NS, third quarter 2015 earnings, third quarter earnings, UP